Improvement in wash-boilers



PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. LEAOH, Oll ROME, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH-BOILERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,373, datedSeptember 26, 1871.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE J. LEAGH, of Rome,

l in the county of Oneida and in the State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Wash-Boiler; and do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to theletters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a waslrboiler, as Will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring tothe annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 2 is a plan viewof my boiler. Fig. 3 shows a grating to be attached on the inside of thelid or cover.

i A represents a boiler of any suitable construction provided with theusual lid or cover B. Inside of the boiler `A is a false bottom, G,provided with a downward-projecting rim to rest upon the bottom of theboiler. At each end of the false bottom O is a vertical pipe, D, closedat the top and perforated on the inner side so as to allow the steam,suds, and hot water to be thrown in numerous small streams upon theclothes. Two similar pipes, Dl D', are arranged on each side of thefalse bottom C, and these pipes on each side are connected loyV anotherpipe, E, which is kraised in the center and sloping downward toward eachend and top of pipes D D. The pipes E E are also perforated on theirinner sides for the same purpose, as above mentioned. By this meansevery part of the clothes will be brought under the action of thestreams of suds and hot water. The false bottom C is provided with aseries of slots, a a, running transversely across the bottom so as toallow the water to pass down again under the bottom; and longitudinallyon top of the bottom O are V-shaped ribs b b running across the slots aa so as to prevent the clothes from clogging up said slots. On the underor inner side of the lid B is arranged a grating, G, which should extendbelow the upper ends of the perforated tubes. This grating prevents theclothes from being forced upward above said tubes, which is verynecessary, for if they were they would not only be liable to clog up thetubes, but would also be removed from the immediate action of the sudsand hot Water.

s Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a boiler, A, bottom G with slots a a and ribs b b,perforated tubes D D E, and grating Gr in the lid B, all constructed andarranged substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this29th day of June, 1871. Witnesses: G. J. LEAOH.

A. WEEDON,

R. J. FISE.

